I had to reset my laptop for personal reasons. I think my laptop was on windows 10 when I reset it, and I was forced to set security questions so I picked the 3 questions and typed in random answers because I plan to remove/delete them after the setup. However I forgot to do that and updated my laptop to windows 11 home. When I go to settings > accounts > sign-in options > password I dont see the option to remove/delete the security questions. Instead it says "You're all set up" with a "Change" button beside it. I pressed on the change button and after tying my current password I was led to a page that only showed "New password" "Confirm password" and "Password hint". In other words it only lets me change my password and set a hint (take note hint is different from security questions) and I really want to delete/remove them. Do you know why this is happening and what I should do?
Additional info: I'm using a local account after resetting my laptop, and I'm not signed into microsoft
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I was looking for the same as OP. I found the answer here (and it worked):
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-manage-your-security-questions-for-a-local-windows-account/
The relevant info is:
Hold down the Windows key and press R to trigger the Run dialog box. In the Open field, type the following string: ms-cxh://setsqsalocalonly.
Hi @Tariq ELJumaily ,
You can follow along the guide over here: How to Reset Passwords in Windows 11
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Leon
If you've already set them, clear your password (any method appears to work, even offline stuff that directly edits the registry to remove the password), and then set your password again. Note that this may lose you access to any encrypted files on your system.
For a new install, you can install with an empty password (put nothing in the password field when it prompts you), and then set your password after install to avoid having to set them.
Looks like they cannot be removed once set. I may be wrong, but in my experience I haven't found a way to remove them for a local account.
You can change the answers to using numbers instead of letter to make it more difficult ie. E=3 or put an answer that is not related to the question. If the person knows some info about you I agree it can be easy to guess the answers.
I may be wrong, if I am, another expert will chime in :)